Publish to File - XPS

Microsoft XPS (XML Paper Specification) documents are designed to look the same on screen as they do in print. As the name suggests, they are XML-based files.

Once created the files can be viewed through XPS Viewer, which is installed by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

To publish the current map window as an XPS file, select File > Publish > Publish to File.

Select Microsoft XPS document in the next dialog.

The General tab provides general page size, rotation of the map view and page orientation options.

Option	Description
PageSize	Use the drop-down to select from standard page sizes.
Units	Allows the page size units to be selected. The drop-down box allows selection from points, mm, cm and inch.
Width/Height	Shows the width and height of the page. For a custom page size manually enter the width and height.
Portrait/Landscape	Select the page orientation to match the template.
Map View Width/Height	Shows the width and height of the view.
Scale	The scale of the exported map.
Fit	Squeeze or stretch the view to fit onto the page. This is useful for exporting the current view quickly, but the map will not be exported to a known scale. The Map View values will change as a result of using Fit.
Reset	Resets the view to the original settings (before pressing Fit).

The Description tab allows you to supply additional information to be stored in the .XPS file.

Option	Description
Title	Specifies the title of the Encapsulated PostScript document.
Subject	Specifies the subject of the Encapsulated PostScript document.
Author	Specifies the author of the Encapsulated PostScript document (this will default to the current logged on user)
Keywords	Specifies any keywords in the Encapsulated PostScript document.
Description	Specifies a description of the information in the Encapsulated PostScript document.

Note: The above information is held within the Details tab of the XPS Viewer Properties dialog.

The Options tab lets you export hyperlinks, layers and text.

Option	Description
Export Hyperlinks for items with populated URI attributes	Check this option if any hyperlinks applied in Cadcorp SIS (_URI$ attribute) are to be exported and will work within XPS Viewer.
Export SIS schema layer and item attributes	Attribute data contained within the schema layer will be exported as an XML Object in the XPS package.
Text as polygon	Text items in SIS will be converted into polygons and therefore cannot be highlighted when viewed within XPS Viewer.
Outlined text as polygon	Text items in SIS with an outline applied (_text_outline& = true) will be converted into polygons and therefore cannot be highlighted when viewed within XPS Viewer.

Gradient tab

Option	Description
Subdivide (best)	Recursively sub-divided triangles, until the colour in all three points of a triangle equal or reach the minimum colour tolerance and visually appear to be the same.
Linear (approximate)	Apply linear gradient from the colour of one point to the colour of the opposite side in a triangle.

The Output tab lets you:

Select the number of job copies
Set the output Resolution
Choose between Colour and Monochrome output
Define the reference device used for the output
Set minimum line thicknesses

The Security tab lets you manage access rights to the XPS file:

Option	Description
Sign the package	Digital signatures are used to verify if the publisher of a document or file is legitimate. Signing the package is the process of applying a digital signature (or electronic security mark) to the XPS file. Checking the Sign the package tickbox will load a Windows Security dialog after setting all the XPS properties and clicking OK. Use these options to view/change the digital signature details or install an available certificate.
Encrypted/Rights-managed	Check this tickbox to enable encrypted rights.
Rights file	Click the ... button to navigate to an XrML Rights markup file. Pre-production: Creates a pre-production public/private key pair. Production: Creates a public/private key once published.